Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen has a strong record of fighting for what really matters to our families. She was endorsed by Nevada teachers because of her work to improve our schools, received a 100% rating from the Nevada Conservation League for moving Southern Nevada forward on a clean energy economy, and worked to keep our families safe by voting for commonsense background checks to keep guns out of the hands of violent criminals, domestic abusers, and dangerous terrorists.

Lesley has lived in the Henderson area since childhood and understands the unique challenges we face. She is a graduate from University of Nevada, Reno, and DePaul University College of Law.

Lesley is active in our community, volunteering with organizations such as Legal Aid of Southern Nevada and leading a pet adoption group.

Lesley is running because she knows Henderson families are worried about how they’re going to pay for college, if they’ll be able to get a small business going, or if they’ll be able to save enough for retirement. Lesley has worked to protect homeowners and connect constituents to much needed services in the community and wants to ensure that our state government is effective and efficient, because she knows that our government works for the people – not the other way around.